Battle of Acre
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The Battle of Acre also known as the Slaughter at Acre was the first large-scale pitched battle between the opposing alliances of the Almaris Coalition War. While skirmishes and smaller battles had taken place prior to Acre, it was the first major engagement of the war between two large armies. The Battle began when E.A.T.O forces primarily made up of Haeseni and Urguani forces marched towards the Orenian border to force the opposing U.S.S.A alliance into a pitched battle and to pre-emptively stop a rescue raiding party.
The Battle
During the early morning hours of 11th of the First Seed, 84 S.A. King Karl III of Haense summoned the Romstuns and gave them an order to capture a peer of the The Kingdom of Oren, after the summons the Romstuns not wanting to waste time would sneak into Orenian soil and captures The Baronet Of Westfall, Cesar Komnenos. Soon after they managed to escape from Orenian soil and get the Baronet back to King Karl III in The Kingdom of Haense. Delighted by this success the king would order a missive drafted and sent to The Kingdom of Oren [1], In which they said they had taken hostage a peer of the kingdom. Being enraged by this The Kingdom of Oren would order a rally be summoned, bells would toll as 5,500 men would dawn their armor and answer the call of war. Marching out of their capital it would not take long for the forces of E.A.T.O. to receive word of the march as they had expected as such. Rallying their own forces of 6,700 at Karosgrad, the call was made to march to Arce in order to meet the Orenian's halfway. As the forces from both sides would march they would come face to face at Arce, and the smaller Orenian force would be caught off guard. Nonetheless, the call was made to fight, both sides charging at each other as swords clashing against armor and the sound of flesh tearing as the blood from the soldiers would turn the wheat fields red with blood as bodies littered the once peaceful farming vassal soon it was clear that Oren was on the losing end of the bloodshed, with only 1,000 troops to their name a retreat was called, in an attempt to chase down the fleeing Orenian the forces of E.A.T.O. managed to kill or wound an additional 700. After the dust cleared the sight of Orenian men littered the once golden wheat, the streets, and even the houses, the sight of which made the forces of E.A.T.O. stomach's turn bring about the name The Slaughter at Acre as it was nothing short of such.
The Aftermath
After it was all said and done the Baronet of Westfall managed to buy his way to freedom with the use of mina however the exact amount is lost to history. In addition during the battle The Lord commander of The Kingdom of Oren, Hannes of Acre, and, Gustaf de Vilain was captured by The Kingdom of Haense. After being them both back to Haense, a trial was held where King Karl III of Haense strikes a deal with the duo, saying that in exchange for releasing Gustaf de Vilain. Hannes of Acre will remain under house arrest in Karosgrad until the end of the war. [2]
